CVE-2014-1233
Local API Login Credentials Disclosure in paratrooper-pingdom
The paratrooper-pingdom gem 1.0.0 for Ruby allows local users to obtain the App-Key, username, and password values by listing the curl process.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The paratrooper-pingdom gem 1.0.0 for Ruby allows local users to obtain the App-Key, username, and password values by listing the curl process.
- Record
CVE-2014-1233- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The paratrooper-pingdom gem 1.0.0 for Ruby allows local users to obtain the App-Key, username, and password values by listing the curl process.
- Record
CVE-2014-1233- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0233 No score
The paratrooper-pingdom gem 1.0.0 for Ruby allows local users to obtain the App-Key, username, and password values by listing the curl process.
- Record
EUVD-2017-0233- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fqrr-rrwg-69pv No score
Local API Login Credentials Disclosure in paratrooper-pingdom
The paratrooper-pingdom gem 1.0.0 for Ruby allows local users to obtain the App-Key, username, and password values by listing the curl process.
Vulnerable Code:
From: paratrooper-pingdom-1.0.0/lib/paratrooper-pingdom.rb
def setup(options = {})
%x[curl https://api.pingdom.com/api/2.0/checks -X PUT -d "paused=true" -H "App-Key: #{app_key}" -u "#{username}:#{password}"]
end
def teardown(options = {})
%x[curl https://api.pingdom.com/api/2.0/checks -X PUT -d "paused=false" -H "App-Key: #{app_key}" -u "#{username}:#{password}"]
end
A malicious user could monitor the process tree to steal the API key, username and password for the API login.
- Record
GHSA-fqrr-rrwg-69pv- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-fqrr-rrwg-69pv No score
Local API Login Credentials Disclosure in paratrooper-pingdom
The paratrooper-pingdom gem 1.0.0 for Ruby allows local users to obtain the App-Key, username, and password values by listing the curl process.
Vulnerable Code:
From: paratrooper-pingdom-1.0.0/lib/paratrooper-pingdom.rb
def setup(options = {})
%x[curl https://api.pingdom.com/api/2.0/checks -X PUT -d "paused=true" -H "App-Key: #{app_key}" -u "#{username}:#{password}"]
end
def teardown(options = {})
%x[curl https://api.pingdom.com/api/2.0/checks -X PUT -d "paused=false" -H "App-Key: #{app_key}" -u "#{username}:#{password}"]
end
A malicious user could monitor the process tree to steal the API key, username and password for the API login.
- Record
GHSA-fqrr-rrwg-69pv- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
paratrooper-pingdomRubyGems |
through 1.0.0 | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-1233 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.1) in Tobias Maier Paratrooper-pingdom, published January 10, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.